| Week of April 14
Note: Because of all the after school activities starting in the Spring,
students' home journals will only be assigned every other week.
-Enjoy that beautiful weather! :)
Monday
Math- 3 pages of Mad Minutes.
Tuesday
Math- Home Link 10.10 p. 207
Wednesday
Spelling-Pattern: multiple syllable words ending in ic:
1) frantic 2) public 3) dramatic 4) athletic 5) romantic 6) italic
7) metric 8) magnetic
Math- Home Link 10.11 p. 209
Thursday
Spelling-Pattern: multiple syllable words ending in le:
1) cable 2) mumble 3) scramble 4) noble 5) fable 6) angle
7) dimple 8) stable
Write a great sentence for any 8 of this week's spelling words.
Due Thursday. Be sure to underline each spelling word and number
each sentence. Great sentences are neat, begin with capital letters, end
with a period, question mark or exclamation point.
Friday
NO HOMEWORK-Enjoy your break! :)
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The following can be used for Home Journal when writing about a book.
Sample Nonfiction Home Journal response--- use these sentence frames:
I read, __________________by ______________________________. I learned a lot
about ______________. I learned that _______________. I also learned
that_______________. The most interesting thing I learned was
__________________________.
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BOOK REVIEW CAN BE ONLY 2 PARAGRAPHS OR CAN BE IN A FRIENDLY LETTER
FORMAT
Tip if using friendly letter format-- The body of the letter has 2
paragraphs:
I read, ____________(underline the title) by ________. The book is
about____________________.
I really liked the book because (explain reasons you'd recommend it).
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Homework assignments are designed to extend work in the classroom.
Practicing skills at home is essential to a child's academic success. Please
take the time to work with your child, who needs your support.
Expect homework Monday-Thursday. Spelling homework will be given Tuesday and
Thursday for the second half of the year. Usually we will
also have a Math Home Link or Math Boxes. Math addition and subtraction
facts
should be memorized. Mad Minutes will be given every now and then to test
for
fact power. Occasionally, Social Studies and Health homework will be
assigned. Please be sure to check the assignment sheet and also look in the
red folder for any homework sheets. INITIALLY I WILL TYPE MOST HOMEWORK ON
THE ASSIGNMENT SHEET, LATER STUDENTS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR COPYING IT FROM
THE BOARD. If your child doesn't copy it, call a friend (once or twice) or
just write a note to me and I will make sure it is in their folder for the
student to complete it the next night.
Please do not wait to reach out to me if your child is having any trouble
with homework. Let me know so I can help before the problem gets out of
hand.
I understand that things come up, if you child needs an extra night to
complete an assignment just write me a note. It is ok, I just need to know
you know your child still needs to do an assignment.
Students will be encouraged to take classroom reading books home to reread.
Students are always welcome to take home any of the books we have in our
independent reading baskets, please return them the next day.
I suggest to children to keep a friends phone number handy in case they ever
need to phone someone for help.
Students are responsible for completing a written journal assignment once
a week in their Home Reading and Writing Journal. No more than 30 minutes
total writing time should be spent a week. About 15 minutes 2 nights is all
children need to spend on this assignment. If an entry is still a work in
progress, then the child may continue it the following week.
The following can be used for Home Journal when wrting about a book.
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Sample Nonfiction Home Journal response--- use these sentence frames:
I read, __________________by ______________________________. I learned a lot
about ______________. I learned that _______________. I also learned
that_______________. The most interesting thing I learned was
__________________________.
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BOOK REVIEW CAN BE ONLY 2 PARAGRAPHS OR CAN BE IN A FRIENDLY LETTER
FORMAT
In class I am showing students how to write in
their journal about a book using friendly letter format.
Tip-- The body of the letter has 2 paragraphs:
I read, ____________(underline the title) by ________. The book is
about____________________.
I really liked the book because (explain reasons you'd recommend it).
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